Angle iron brick laying guide



June 4, 1963 A. o. ERNST 3,091,865

ANGLE IRON BRICK LAYING GUIDE Filed Aug. 15, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet l A/wh 0. Erns/ 1N VEN TOR.

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June 4, 1963 A. o. ERNST ANGLE IRON BRICK LAYING GUIDE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 15, 1959 United States Patent 3,091,865 ANGLE IRGN BRICK LAYING GUIDE Alvin 0. Ernst, PA). Box 111, Bessie, Okla. Filed Aug. 13, 1959, Ser. No. 833,476 4 Claims. (Cl. 33-85) This invention relates generally to construction equipment and more particularly to a masons laid for providing a guide for properly laying bricks.

It has been found that brick laying may be rfiacilitated by adjusting or varying an angle iron at the corner of a brick wall Or such in a manner such that the entire side walls can be laid at the same time the corners are laid; thus, much time is saved in the construction of the brick wall It is the primary object of this invention to provide an angle iron brick laying guide for facilitating the laying of corner bricks to enable the corners to be laid at the same time the side walls are constructed.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide an angle iron brick laying guide which is adjustable and may be moved upwardly along the wall construction adjacent the corner as the wall is being built. The guide essentially comprises a pair of flat vertically spaced plates having aligned angular slots therein. An elongated angle member extends between the plates and slots. Releasable means in the form of s'etscrews passing through upstanding walls adjacent the slots, bear against the angle member .for slidably securing the angle member between the plates. Securing means in the form of elongated rods, hooked at one end, are provided for securing the plates and angle member adjacent the Wall construction. The rods are terminally threaded at a second end and extend through apertures in projections fixed on the plates. Nuts are threadedly received on the terminally threaded ends of the rods and bear against the projections.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide .a novel brick laying guide which is extremely simple to utilize and which is inexpensive to manufacture and distribute.

It is a more particular object of this invention to pro- Vide two difierent types of brick laying guides; the first being utilized on inside corners, the second being utilized on outside corners.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary side elevation-a1 View of a brick wall construction illustra' g the guide secured to the wall adjacent an outside corner thereof;

FIGURE 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along the plane 22 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the plane 3-3 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is an elevational plan view of a modified form of guide illustrating the guide utilized on an inside brick wall corner;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rod utilized with the outside corner guide; and

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary perspective View of the rod utilized with the inside corner brick guide.

Briefly summarized the invention is characterized by a pair of fiat vertically spaced plates. These plates are alike in construction and have aligned right angular slots therein which function to accommodate the complemental flanges of the angle iron which, when in use, extends between the plates and has the flanges thereof extending through and beyond the slots in the respective upper through the 3,091,865 Patented June 4, 15%63 and lower plates. The invention further includes releasable fastening means slidably securing said angle irons to said plates, and securing means securing said angle iron adjacent a corner defined by the lower courses of a brick construction. Each of said plates includes a pair of sides on the perimeter thereof defining a right angle therebetween, said sides adapted for engagement with the corner bricks :of said lower courses. This means serves to secure said angle iron and includes an upstanding wall on each of said plates adjacent each or said slots, and setscrews extending through said upstanding walls and engageable with the component flanges of the angle iron. The securing means includes a pair of apertured projections Within the marginal edges of the plates, rods overlying top surfaces of the plates and extending through the apertures in said projections, said rods being in a plane parallel with the adjacent plate and terminally hooked at a tree end thereof. The hooked ends are adapted to be anchored and secured between adjacent bricks of said lower courses spaced from said corner construction.

With continuing reference to the drawings, the niuneral 10 generally represents the brick wall construction in which it is desired to construct the corner thereof generally indicated by the numeral 12 at the same time the remainder of the wall is laid. Accordingly, some type of guide means must be provided.

A pair of vertically spaced fiat plates 14 and 16, identical in shape, are provided. Each of the flat plates 14 and 16 has a right angular slot therein, indicated by the numeral 18 (FIG. 2), with the companion lateral flanges of the angle iron 20 extending therethrough. This elongated angle member or angle iron 20 defines a vertex 22 along the length thereof which is adapted to be utilized as the reference line or guide for the bricklayer. Adj-acent the right angular slots 18 in the plates 14 and 16, an upstanding wall 24 is provided. The upstanding wall 24 is perpendicular to the plane of the plate carrying it and the respective component portions are provided with threaded apertures therein accommodating setscrews 26 and 28 which are adapted to bear against the flanges of the angle iron 20. It will be noted that the component flange-like portions of this wall are such and so located that they confront and are parallel to and cooperate with the respective component portions of the slots and are adapted, when in use, to embrace and firmly abut the respectively intended flanges of the angle iron. Accordingly, with the plates 14 and d6 vertically spaced as in dicated in FIGURE 1, the setscrews 26 and 28 may be utilized to sliclably secure the angle iron or member 2% relative thereto; that is, with the setscrews 26 and 28 loosened, the angle member 20 is free to slide relative to the plates 14 and 16 within the slot 18. The angle member 20 may be prevented from sliding by tightening the setscrews 26 and 28 so that they bear against the elon gated angle member 20.

Projections 30 and 32 are formed integral with the respective angular component portions of upstanding wall provided with apertures through which rods 34 and 36 extend. The rods 34 and 36 have book ends 38 which extend approximately perpendicular to the run of the rods. The book ends 38 are adapted to extend into the mortar at 40 between adjacent bricks spaced from the corner 12. The rods 34 and 36 have threaded ends, remote from the hook ends, with the threaded portions generally being designated by the numeral 42-. A nut 44 is secured on the threaded end 42 and is adapted to abut the projections 30 or 32.

The perimeter 46 of each plate, 14 or 16 as the case may be, is provided with a marginal edge portion which is expressly designed and adapted to cooperate with the corner of the wall which is under construction. The construction is such that it functions, generally speaking,

as abutment means and the latter is specifically characterized by upstanding flange-like component portions which border and are alined with the companion edges of the marginal edge portion. These component portions define a right angle which is generally denoted at 48 and which, more specifically, comprises the complemental upstanding componentporti-ons 563 which as shown in FIG. 2, for example, are at right angles to each other and 1316 integrally joined to the component portions of the upstanding wall 24. The outside corner of the brick Wall construction is adapted to be accommodated within the right angle 43 with the rods 34 and 36, and cooperating nut 44, drawing the guide into engagement with the corner 12.

In the utilization of this embodiment, the rods are extended into the brick wall construction it as indicated particularly in FIGURES l and 2. The nuts 44 are drawn tight against the projections 3ti and 32 so that the plate 14 is drawn toward the brick wall corner 12. The upwardly extending angle member offers the bricklayer a reference line by which he may guide the placement of the corner bricks. It will be noted that as the additional tiers of bricks are applied in the wall construction, the elongated angle member may be moved upwardly as desired. Moreover, the plates 14 and 16 and accompanying structure may be utilized in a manner such that they skip :over each other as the wall is erected.

If it be desired instead to guide the inside corner of the brick wall construction It), the modified form of the invention illustrated in FIGURE 4 may be utilized. Herein, a slot 60 of the same shape as the slot 18 in the initial embodiment, slidably receives the flanges of the elongated tangle iron or member 62. The angle member 62 is received between the upstanding wall 64 bordering the slot 60 and the upstanding flange 66 adjacent the right angle 6% formed on the perimeter of the plate 70. It will be noted that in the embodiment of FIGURE 4, the vertex of the right angle 63 extends :away from the elongated angle member 62. Setscrews 72 and 74 are provided and extend through threaded apertures in the wall 64 to bear against the elongated angle member 62 for securing it. Upstanding projections 76 and 73 having apertures therein are provided for receiving rods 8t and 8-2 which secure the plate 79 adjacent the brick wall construction corner. The rods 3! and 82 include hook ends 84 wherein the included angle between the hook end '84 and the rod proper is an obtuse angle. A second end of the rods 36 and 82 is threaded at 86 and a nut 83 is received thereon and bears against the projections '76 and 78. Again, the vertex line of the angle member provides the reference ior the laying of the corner bricks. In use, when the nuts 88 are drawn tight, the plate 70 is forced toward the corner'of the brick wall construction with the right angle 6% bearing against the corner bricks. The hook ends 84 of the rods 80 and 32 are received within the mortar 90 between adjacent bricks.

It will be noted that the difference between the embodiments of FIGURES Z and 4 is principally represented by the right angle of the former having a vertex extending toward the angle member or away from the brick wall corner, in contrast to the vertex of the right angle in FIGURE 4 which extends away from the angle member and toward the corner of the brick wall construction. Further, in the former, the rods are difierent than in the latter inasmuch as in FIGURE 2, the nuts 44 must draw the plate along the rods 36 and 34 so as to approach the corner of the brick wall construction it). In FIGURE 4, the plate 7% is pushed toward the corner of the wall construction 10 by utilization of the nuts 76.

:Itis thought that the particular structural features of the invention should now be well understood along with the operational details thereof.

The foregoing is considered as. illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes readily occur to those 4 skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly tall suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A brick laying corner guide comprising a pair of flat vertically spaced plates, said plates being alike in construction and having aligned slots therein, an elongated linearly straight angle iron extending between said plates and having flanges thereof extending through said slots, said slots being of a shape and dimensions in plan corresponding to the cross-section of the flanges of said angle iron, releasable fastening means slidably securing said angle iron to said plates, and securing means securing said angle iron adiacent a corner defined by the lower courses of a brick construction, each of said plates including a pair of sides on the perimeter thereof defining a right angle there-between, said sides adapted for engagement with the corner bricks of said lower courses, said means securing said angle iron including an upstanding wall on each of said plates adjacent each of said slots, and set-screws extending through said upstanding walls enga-geable with the component flanges of said angle iron, said securing means including a pair of apertured projections within the marginal edges of the plates, rods overlying top surfaces of the plates and extending through the apertures in said projections, said rods being in a plane parallel with the adjacent plate and terminally hooked at a first end thereof, said hooked ends being adapted to be anchored and secured between adjacent bricks of said lower courses spaced from said corner construction.

2. For ready attachment to and adapted to temporarily support an end portion of a suitable angle iron when the latter is being used as a brick laying corner guide; an angle iron attachment comprising a rigid plate adapted to assume a horizontal position in a plane at right angles to the angle iron, 21 median portion of said plate having a slot therein, said slot being right angular in plan to permit passage of the flanges of the angle iron through the accommodating component right angled portions of said slot, 21 top side of said median portion of the plate being also providedwith a perpendicular wall, said wall being right angular in plan and component portions thereof confronting and being parallel to and cooperating with the coacting component portions of said slot and being adapted, when in use, to embrace and firmly abut respectively intended flanges of he angle iron, a pair of like elongated rods having adjacent inner end portions overlying and substantially parallel to a cooperating top surface-of said plate and detachably and adjustably connected to free outer end portions of said upstanding wall, said rods being provided at opposite outer ends thereof with hooks adapted to be embedded in mortar between adjacent corner bricks at points spaced from the angle iron and corner under construction, a marginal edge portion of that end of the plate which is adapted to cooperate with the corner being right angular in plan and the component portions of which border and are lined with the companion edges of said right angular marginal edge portion, the components of said marginal edge conjointly pro viding abutment means designed and adapted to abut right angularly disposed surfaces of corner bricks.

3. The structure according to claim 2 and wherein the component portions of said 'wall and the components of said marginal edge are aligned with each other, integrally joined and thus united, whereby to coordinate, orient and rigidity the plate, Wall, and said rods.

4. A brick iaying corner guide comprising, in combina tion, a flat plate having a marginal edge provided with a slot right angular in plan and adapted to accommodatingly cooperate with companion lateral flanges of an angle iron, said marginal edge of said plate being provided adjacent said slot with a complemental integral upstanding wall which is likewise right angular in plan and the component portions of whichborder and register with the adjacent corresponding component portions of said slot, said plate being further provided with an upstanding right angular flange and the component portions of said flange being opposed to and parallel with the corresponding component portions of said upstanding wall and the intervening slot, said upstanding wall being provided with setsorews, said plate being further provided inwardly of its circumseribing marginal edges with upstanding projections, and a pair of positioning and anchoring rods having adj acent inner end portions substantially parallel to and overlying said plate and adjustably and 'detachably connected to the plate by way of said projections, said rods being provided at outer ends with hooks and said hooks being adapted to be anchored in mortar between predetermined positioning and anchoring bricks.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 391,032 Driscoll Oct. 16, 1888 1,643,880 Elder Sept. 27, 1927 1,872,860 Winter Aug. 23, 1932 2,503,098 Crocker Apr. 4, 1950 2,623,289 Kampel Dec. 30, 1952 2,666,260 Schneider Jan. 19, 1954 2,855,681 Andrews Oct. 14, 1958 

1. A BRICK LAYING CORNER GUIDE COMPRISING A PAIR OF FLAT VERTICALLY SPACED PLATES, SAID PLATES BEING ALIKE IN CONSTRUCITON AND HAVING ALIGNED SLOTS THEREIN, AN ELONGATED LINEARLY STRAIGHT ANGLE IRON EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND HAVING FLANGES THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTS, SAID SLOTS BEING OF A SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS IN PLAN CORRESPONDING TO THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE FLANGES OF SAID ANGLE IRON, RELEASABLE FASTENING MEANS SLIDABLY SECURING SAID ANGLE IRON TO SAID PLATES, AND SECURING MEANS SECURING SAID ANGLE IRON ADJACENT A CORNER DEFINED BY THE LOWER COURSES OF A BRICK CONSTUCTION, EACH OF SAID PLATES INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDES ON THE PERIMETER THEREOF DEFINING A RIGHT ANGLE THEREBETWEEN, SAID SIDES ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CORNER BRICKS OF SAID LOWER COURSES, SAID MEANS SECURING SAID ANGLE IRON INCLUDING AN UPSTANDING WALL ON EACH OF SAID PLATES ADJACENT EACH OF SAID SLOTS, AND SETSCREWS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPSTANDING WALLS ENGAGEBLE WITH THE COMPONENT FLANGES OF SAID ANGLE IRON, SAID SECURING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF APERATURED PROJECTIONS WITHIN THE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE PLATES, RODS OVERLYING TOP SURFACES OF THE PLATES AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE 